Trial reportThe British journal of nutrition2024
Preoperative dietitian-led Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD) Clinic for adults living with obesity undergoing gynaecology, laparoscopic cholecystectomy and hernia repair procedures: a pilot parallel randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in The British journal of nutrition, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Preoperative low-energy diets for patients with a body mass index >30 kg/m2 undergoing non-bariatric surgery: pilot feasibility randomized clinical trial and a systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy data.The British journal of surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of preoperative weight-loss interventions on outcomes after elective non-bariatric surgery: meta-analysis.BJS open · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of comorbidities and surgical approach in incisional hernia development after minimally invasive cholecystectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of multivariate regression-adjusted studies.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Lifestyle-related risk factors and recurrence after ventral hernia surgery: nationwide registry and survey study.BJS open · 2026Article
- [Preoperative low-calorie diets for patients with a body mass index > 30 kg/mChirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Prehabilitation in Obese Patients with Ventral Hernia: A Narrative Review and Proposal of a Clinical Algorithm.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Randomized Controlled Trials of Weight Loss Before Hernia Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2025Review
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Abstract
Obesity can increase the risk of postoperative complications. Despite increased demand for patients living with obesity to lose weight prior to common surgical procedures, the impact of intentional weight loss on surgical outcomes is largely unknown. We aimed to conduct a pilot study to assess the feasibility of a full-scale randomised controlled trial (RCT) to examine the effect of preoperative dietitian-led Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD) Clinic on surgical outcomes in gynaecology and general surgeries. Between August 2021 and January 2023, a convenience sample of adults living with obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m
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